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cleavable

[ klee-vuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being cleft cleave cleft or split.


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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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  • ³Ü²Ô·³¦±ô±ð²¹±¹î€ƒa·²ú±ô±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cleavable1

First recorded in 1840–50; cleave 2 + -able
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Cryolite occurs in colourless or snow-white cleavable masses, often tinted brown or red with iron oxide, and occasionally passing into a black variety.

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Mica: this term includes several minerals, which all agree in being highly cleavable into thin elastic flakes or lamin�, which have a glistening metallic lustre.

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Large, cleavable masses yielding fine smoky-black and green sheets, sufficiently elastic for industrial purposes, are, however, found in Renfrew county, Ontario.

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Crystallizes in rhombohedrons with curved faces; these crystals are distinctly cleavable and massive.

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It occurs in cleavable masses, and also crystallized.

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